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En Garde: Senegalese Inmates Learn How To Swordfight
Fencing lessons are helping to rehabilitate young prisoners in Senegal
Young offenders in Senegal are being taught the sport of fencing, in an initiative that is aimed at giving them a new focus away from crime.
Plus, the EU-Africa summit in the Ivorian city, Abidjan, is dominated by discussions on the migrant crisis.
And a new report raises concern that the fight against malaria is stalling.
(Image: Young inmates from the Thies prison in Senegal take a fencing class. Credit: BBC)
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